Is it not true that Woolrich has become the last-ditch LC at the Royal
College of Midwives?

We have a male doctor here in Israel who has opened a breastfeeding clinic
without an IBCLC.  He definitely has the knowledge.

Nofia


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: From: Kathleen G. Auerbach <[log in to unmask]>
: To: [log in to unmask]
: Subject: qualifications for one gender only
: Date: Thursday, June 05, 1997 5:17 PM
:
: It seems odd to insist that an LC have personal experience with
breastfeeding.
:
: 1) That assumes that personal experience can serve as background (too
many
: health providers think this is the ONLY (or use this as the PRIMARY)
means
: of answering bf mothers' questions (see the work of Freed, et al, with
: disastrous results!).
:
: 2) The IBCLE is NOT ALLOWED to discriminate by gender. Some men HAVE sat
: the IBCLE.
:
: 3) Several men on LACTNET have been regular participants and seem to know
: something about lactation and breastfeeding without having experienced it
: themselves!  Are we to assume that because they have a Y chromosome that
: they should not be encouraged to share with those of us who do not?
:
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:
: "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly
: disguised as impossible situations."
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